Didn't it become part of Bear? For some reason I thought I would see Bear/Jennings at time. Maybe I am wrong.

 

well for 2006 bear/jennings are back with a pretty sweet lineup of bows

 

Now that you mentioned it, I remember somewhere back there in time, Bear and Jennings kinda merged into one Co. I know Bear didn't want to come out with a compound but the market demanded it. When Bear gave in they went with Jennings for their expertise I think. I'm just opining here with profound thoughts coming from way back in my brain. Not sure about any of it!

 

Jennings

Tom Jennings was being sued by Allen, patent holder for the first compound. When the court held in favor of Allen, Jennings could no longer stay in business, and Bear, bought them out. I can't remember the date, I believe it was the early 80s.

 

Bear' first compound

Bear's first compound was the Alaskan, a 4wheel bow in 1976. That was long before they bought Jennings. Fred Bear did not care for compounds, but he was a savvy business man and knew they were the bow of the future. I had a bear Alaskan, and for its time it was one of the best.

 

Bear' first compound

Bear's first compound was the Alaskan, a 4wheel bow in 1976. That was long before they bought Jennings. Fred Bear did not care for compounds, but he was a savvy business man and knew they were the bow of the future. I had a bear Alaskan, and for its time it was one of the best.

I have an Alaskan, with 2 sets of limbs.

 

I had a PSE and Jennings Lightning I believe and they were really heavy bows. The thing that got me was they did not have a cable guard and ate up the feathers on the arrows.

 

I believe both Bear and Jennings are owned by Escalade Sports - http://www.escaladesports.com I just purchased a 2005 Jennings bow last week and it seems like a real nice bow for the money. Here's the 2006 Jennings line-up: http://www.jenningsarchery.com/bows/

 

Bear, Jennings and Golden Eagle are owned by the same company. Jennings still makes some sweet bows. They have been one of the leaders in archery innovation forever. It seems that all the latest technology comes from them, then others market it too a bigger degree. Its kinda like darton and the cam and a half. Its their baby, but they choose to be a smaller company that makes the big bucks off the big boys using their patents and paying them $$$$.

 

boojo35 like your signature I am LMAO

Bear, Jennings and Golden Eagle are owned by the same company. Jennings still makes some sweet bows. They have been one of the leaders in archery innovation forever. It seems that all the latest technology comes from them, then others market it too a bigger degree. Its kinda like darton and the cam and a half. Its their baby, but they choose to be a smaller company that makes the big bucks off the big boys using their patents and paying them $$$$.

 

Tom Jennings made some really good bows. In fact, in the seventies they were the cream of the crop, but alas, like has been said, he had to sell the ranch when he was sued. Pete Shepley was sued too, but he had the foresight to put a few dollars aside for every bow he sold, otherwise he'd have went down to tubes too.....Just a little FYI from an old fart..

 

I still have my mid-1970's Jennings Hunter and it still has pinpoint accuracy. Their engineering was top notch.

 

My first compound bow was a 1977 Bear Whitetail Hunter.

I used to call my Bracket Bow. #50-55-60 adjustable weights via pulling the steel cables towards the limbs and onto a bracket (one near the top and bottom of the riser) with idler wheels.

Killed my first deer with that bow,

Easton 29" 2020's with a 135 gr. 4 Blade Wasp BH with the cam-lock ring holding the blades in place.

My first Jennings was a 1990 Carbon Extreme, followed by a 1992 Carbon XLR Machined Riser.

 

I still have a Darton that I bought in 1974, has the Allen patent numbers on it. Killed 6 deer with that bow. Some people can probably run faster than the arrows it shoots.:wink: I have it set up as a fishing rig now.

 

Jennings CK3.4R is a sweet bow

I bought one in September of last year.
I chose it over many of the big names after having shot them all (I won't mention names - Jealousy abounds here).
It was, and still is, smooth, fast, and quiet.
Escalade treated me very well when a small problem developed.
If you get a chance to shoot one, you'll see what I mean.
:shade:

 

I still have mine

My first compound bow was a 1977 Bear Whitetail Hunter.

I used to call my Bracket Bow. #50-55-60 adjustable weights via pulling the steel cables towards the limbs and onto a bracket (one near the top and bottom of the riser) with idler wheels.

Killed my first deer with that bow,

Easton 29" 2020's with a 135 gr. 4 Blade Wasp BH with the cam-lock ring holding the blades in place.

My first Jennings was a 1990 Carbon Extreme, followed by a 1992 Carbon XLR Machined Riser.

Its hanging on the wall in the garage. I was 14 when my Dad handed it to me.

 

I forgot about this one:

Jennings Unistar, #65 @28":

 

I still have my Carbon Extreem. Killed this hog with it in Feb. 2005. I retired it right after this hunt.

 

same bow a few years ago

 

I used to have a couple Jennings Uniforces back in the 90's. They weren't the fastest of bows I ever owned but were very consistant shooting bows. They were a single cam bow.:thumbs_up

 

1st... No selling on this forum... Only in the classified section.

2nd read the rules. With only one post you're not qualified to sell anywhere on AT.

AUTOMAN

 

You went back to 2006 to tell someone no selling in this forum or am I missing something?

 

It's only been 16 years, 7 months, 1 week and 4 days when this was posted. Rules are Rules, you go Automan!

 

My bad.

 

I’m not mad at ya.Lol. Thought maybe someone deleted something in between posts.

 

This is strange. I was surfing AT and thought I was the 1st responder to a post and replied. I have no idea how I posted here.

Automan

 

You're good automan26. The unofficial AT Post Police might give you a hard time for posting on an old thread, but I don't think it's against the rules. I hate seeing some of the really good threads die on AT simply because people are afraid to post on "old" threads. Some are TIMELESS IMO.

 

Automan wasn’t crazy. Someone posted they had a Jennings they’d like to get rid of and it’s not on here anymore. I saw it earlier as well. Cooter and some numbers was the username.

 

All good Automan, I thought it was pretty funny.